Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

91 reviews

uniquelymace's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

Smut is v good but not good enough to make this book worth the praise. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Violence, Confinement, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Torture, Trafficking, Child abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Body horror, and Child death

louiepotterbook's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.5

Just because you put trigger warnings doesn’t magically make what’s in it okay. And it’s poorly written to top it off. Please don’t read this I only finished it out of spite

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Infidelity, Violence, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Confinement, Car accident, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Stalking, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Body shaming, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Antisemitism, Trafficking, Rape, Murder, Mental illness, and Kidnapping

massive trigger warning he rapes her multiple times once with a gun but the author has the characters be like it’s not a big deal because she “enjoyed it” half way through. Also said she deserved it because she antagonized him.

torivanorder's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Torture, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Physical abuse, Cursing, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Murder, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Blood, Emotional abuse, and Pedophilia

dani_darko's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Stalking, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Gun violence, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Pedophilia, Sexism, Trafficking, Blood, and Cannibalism

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Death of parent, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Classism, Sexism, Sexual content, Stalking, Torture, Child death, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Murder, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Infidelity, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

kellyro_reads's review against another edition

It was too cringe for me. I didn’t understand the justification of killing certain people over others in this book…not my cup of tea.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Gore, Bullying, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Trafficking, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Stalking

awebster121's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

wildflower_magic's review against another edition

I didn't like the writing style. I felt like there were many contraditions within the characters that felt super unrealistic. They had no character- no consistency as a person. I also felt like the writing pulled me away from the story in many areas. The amount of times the main character admitted she was making stupid choices and said something alone the lines of "I briefly wonder what the horror movie they'll make about this will be named" or "i wonder what they'll say in the true crime documentary they'll make about my death" but then kept doing the thing anyway was way too high in the first 30%. Overall I know a lot of people love this book but it wasn't for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Cursing, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Torture

direguard's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Cannibalism, Death, Gaslighting, Murder, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, and Car accident

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit

bookrach's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This series will stay with me and haunt my dreams and nightmares until i finish the entirety of H.D.Carltons wicked collections.
Her writing is sublime. Her brain is dark, but god, these books are incredible. 
This absolutely is a love story, despite what she says.
Reading the triggers prior is a must.

The books were previously banned due to the triggers - but the scenes detailed (in depth) will be happening somewhere, to someone in our world. We deserve to be uncomfortable and shocked. I am so thankful i have never been exposed to a world this dark, but i am well aware this could be someones' past, present, or future.

I hope to god there is a Zane out there fighting for them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Kidnapping, Stalking, Torture, Violence, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Blood, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Murder, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse